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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11619
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14905
13 Actual Demand 11301
14 Aggregate Planning 12349
15 Air Cargo 10249
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6751
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35019
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15424
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19444
20 Assembly Line 22802
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23136
22 Average Speed of Answer 26669
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23366
24 Batch Production 38729
25 Bill Discounting 14701
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11386
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7256
28 Blanket Release 10142
29 Bonded Warehouse 10175
30 Booking Number 14006
31 Bottleneck 9681
32 Buffer Stock 59628
33 Build to Stock 13134
34 Bullwhip Effect 9827
35 Business Logistics 26015
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12687
37 Capacity Management 41059
38 Capacity Utilization 14272
39 Capital Intensive 8565
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8918
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12268
42 Certified Supplier 9053
43 Channel Effectiveness 9036
44 Co-Destiny 9421
45 Co-managed Inventory 12704
46 Co-Packers 11898
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6998
48 Computer-Based Training 7785
49 Consular Invoice 19997
50 Container Depot 10713
51 Container Freight Station 10364
52 Continuous Replenishment 19699
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12197
54 Contract Carrier 7387
55 Contract of Affreightment 11532
56 Control Charts 8050
57 Cost Flow 10394
58 Courier Service 15390
59 CPFR 8325
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11920
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44492
62 Date Code 18504
63 Days of Supply 19996
64 Dead on Arrival 9475
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7411
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8240
67 Detective Control 9027
68 Devanning 14332
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11093
70 Dispatching 24773
71 Distributed Inventory 8460
72 Distribution Channel Management 35102
73 Distribution Metrics 9297
74 Distribution Planning 24360
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15398
76 Double Marginalization 52984
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22545
78 Dual 5515
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20747
80 Echelon Inventory 26401
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38430
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50122
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7723
84 Efficient Frontier 25703
85 Engineer-to-Order 31952
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16766
87 Erlang B Formula 9461
88 ETD 8431
89 Ex Works 7924
90 Exception Rate 13653
91 Exponential smoothing 9929
92 External Growth 10210
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9636
94 Field Services 7817
95 Field Warehouse 10925
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8951
97 Fishbone Diagram 14743
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27294
99 Flow Through Distribution 12457
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8311
101 FOB Destination 13199
102 Forward buying 30391
103 Freight Charge 10512
104 Freight Consolidation 7616
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11890
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29750
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12817
109 Hub 23604
110 Idle Time 8165
 
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